"What the hell?" I mutter, looking down to all of the cables attached to my body. Aunt Shannon sits in the corner.
"Larkin," She starts, her voice a soft whisper.
"I don't want to hear the lecture," I scoff, looking anywhere but at my aunt.
"Well sucks. Because I'm done, Larkin. I can't handle parenting a teenager who's battling a drug addiction! I'm done dealing with you showing up at half four in the morning, high off your ass! I'm done! I can't do this anymore!" She exclaims, pain evident in her tone. The only thing I respond with is the noise of scratching at my skin - more particularly, my wrists. After hearing her breathe deeply, she speaks again. "I was talking with a judge this morning." Oh no. That can't be good. I can't be taken away from where my father has lived his whole life. It's already my fault that he's gone. Don't take his memory away from me too. That's too cruel of a punishment. "You're going to live with your god parents in Boston until you're eighteen."
"Boston?" I exclaim, laughing in disbelief. "Are you kidding me? You expect me to just get up and move out of the country to a family I don't even know? You expect me to even fathom the idea of being half way around the world from my home? From the people I love?"
"You have left me no other choice, Larkin!" My aunt nearly yells. "It'snot up to you. The judge ruled it. You have no choice. You're leaving inseventy-two hours."
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Chasing Rainbows
Teen FictionLarkin Katherine Walker has lived a long, tragic life. At the age of twenty, the past five years have slipped by without her living them at all. So what is she going to do about it? After all, going after happiness is like chasing a fucking rainbow...
